Digital BW, The Print

I also have absolutely no such problems with either XP Pro or Home 
with either of my 1290s.  
I would check that your hub is not causing a problem.  Typical 
digital print files are huge and I would never send them through a 
hub.  Try it direct and see if the issue is the same.
Next go into computer management and click on the 'services' 
section.  Go down to print spooler and check that status is started 
and start-up is automatic.
I don't have it in front of me right now, but there are also options 
to print directly to printer, start printing immediately or fully 
spool before printing.  I personally would always fully spool but it 
should take a few seconds at most.

Hope this helps

Steve


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Alan Zimmerman" 
<azimmerman1@c...> wrote:
> Im puzzled at your problem with PS 7. I'm currently operating with 
XP pro, PS7 and have had no problems in continuing to work the next 
print in PS while my 1280 is printing a 13x19 print. I checked my 
printer settings and find no special setting that I have consciously 
made. Sorry I can't shed any light on your mystery.
> Alan
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: amateriat 
>   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 10:43 PM
>   Subject: [Digital BW] Re: freeing up Photoshop while printing
> 
> 
>   Hmm..not sure about this in XP, although I'd find it hard to 
>   believe there isn't an option available to get around this (then 
>   again, I know someone who recently bought an older PC to set 
>   up as a print server. He's running Win 2000 Pro). On the Mac you 
>   can get right back to work in PS as soon as spooling is done, 
>   provided Background Printing is enabled.
> 
>   - Barrett
> 
>   --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Bob 
>   Michaels" <bob@b...> wrote:
>   > Is there any way to free up Photoshop by spooling a print? A 
>   typical
>   > print taking about 7 1/2 minutes through the printer keeps 
>   Photoshop
>   > busy for 7 minutes of that time. I can answer e-mail, surf the 
>   web or
>   > anything BUT PS. I'd like to start tweaking the next print 
during 
>   that
>   > time. 
>   > 
>   > It can't take Photoshop that long to send the file to the 
printer. I
>   > don't think it's the CPU,, memory or USB 2 hub because I can 
>   print
>   > from another application to another printer (same hub) without 
>   slowing
>   > things down. It's like Photoshop just won't spool off to a print
>   > buffer for some reason. 
>   > 
>   > PS 7.0, XP, 1.5 P4 w 1 gb of memory printing using an Epson 
>   1280 via
>   > USB 2 hub. 
>   > 
>   > Ideas?
> 
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